Beverly’s Angie Miller performs I’ll Stand by You’ for Boston

Beverly’s Angie Miller paid tribute to Boston on Wednesday’s “American Idol” as part of the show’s Top 5 live performances.

By Natalie Miller / beverly@wickedlocal.com

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By Natalie Miller / beverly@wickedlocal.com

Posted Apr. 18, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated Apr 18, 2013 at 6:16 PM

By Natalie Miller / beverly@wickedlocal.com

Posted Apr. 18, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated Apr 18, 2013 at 6:16 PM

Beverly, Mass.

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Beverly’s Angie Miller paid tribute to Boston on Wednesday’s “American Idol” as part of the show’s Top 5 live performances.

In her first song of the night, the theme being to chose a song from the contestants’ birth year, Miller played the piano and sang “I’ll Stand by You,” a 1994 song recorded by The Pretenders from their sixth studio album, Last of the Independents.

“This is for my home, Boston,” said Miller as she began to play the first few notes of the song on the piano.

After the performance, which drew a few of the judges to their feet, judge Keith Urban commended Miller’s song choice and said he looks forward to her hitting the road.

“I love you at the piano,” he said. “I just do; we all do.”

The second theme of the night for the Top 5 female “Idol” contestants was in tribute to Divas.

Miller performed her rendition of Beyonce’s “Halo,” which again brought some of the judges up from their seats in applause. Miller also received the familiar and coveted shout out from veteran judge Randy Jackson: “Tonight, Angie’s in it to win it,” shouted Jackson.

Tune in to the live results show tonight on Fox at 8 p.m. If you miss it, check back with us, and don’t forget to continue checking back for all our coverage as we follow Angie Miller on wickedlocal.com/beverly and on our special section dedicated to her, wickedlocal.com/beverly/angieidol, for all recaps, photos and videos of her performances. Also, check out our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter for more about Angie.

Scroll down to see clips of Miller’s Top 5 performance and to watch her Top 5 diary, where she gives a shout out to her brother, Jonathan, who she said inspired her to follow her dreams.